Author: julienguillamat

BEAST dome: Footsteps

OCTOBER 13

BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building , Times: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Presented in association with maison des arts sonores, BEAST delivers a diverse programme of recent electroacoustic work showcasing highlights of the KLANG! électroacoustique 2017 festival alongside new work from BEAST composers. Performances tailored to the unique, immersive setting of the BEAST Dome will project sound over the 32 loudspeakers surrounding the audience.

The new electroacoustic music festival in Montpellier. Meet leading French and international names in contemporary music. This year KLANG ! électroacoustique focuses on acousmatic music with F. Bayle, F. Dhomont , J. Harrison , B. Capelle, D. Smalley, A. Vande Gorne and some live with C. de Coudenhove, SOUNDkitchen, I. Chia, L. Rodz, audio-visual installations with I. Wickmann, conferences, workshops, masterclass and more…

Eager for new experiences, music lovers, contemporary or electronic music fans, curious: this festival is for you! Music will be performed on the new Montpellier loudspeaker orchestra KLANG – acousmonium, a system of more than 50 speakers positioned around the audience and the musicians . A unique sound experience in an exceptional place!

On the afternoon of October 10 , I gave a workshop of electroacoustic music to more than 150 children from three different primary schools in Moissac. They were able to discover and understand that there is other music that exists , not just the kind that’s on the radio. Now they appreciate what electroacoustic music is and the role of the composer. They loved it! The sounds of jungle animals , drops of water or saucepans that moved within the space around them : “at the beginning it’s scary then it makes you shiver” said little Sebastian. Then the mixer with all its buttons of all colors, not to mention the light play… “It’s like a rainbow in the sky!” I even heard that teachers were also pleasantly surprised to dream during the performance.

In the evening, I gave a panorama concert. I was delighted to see that music that is not well known to the general public and too often seen as elitist had been so well received by the people of Moissac. I received a lot of positive comments after the concert, having to stay almost 2 hours to discuss with everyone.

This proved (and comforted my mind) that electroacoustic music (even if it has a name that may seem barbaric) is music for everyone! It is for us, musicians and composers, passionate about the genre to make things happen. We must get out of conservatoires and universities! We have to go into the streets to promote and disseminate the music to all! Nothing will happen unless we do something.

Étude aux Chemins de Fer – Pierre Schaeffer (3min.) 1948.

Trois Rêves d’Oiseaux – Francois Bayle (9min.) 1963.

Mutations – Jean-Claude Risset (10min.) 1969.

Entracte

La Roue Ferris – Bernard Parmegiani (10min.) 1970.

Klang – Jonty Harrison (9min.) 1982.

Vol d’Arondes – Francis Dhomont (11min. 25s.) 2002.

Figures d’Espace – Annete Vande Gorne (13min. 49s.) 2004.

Nouvelle œuvre, à confirmer (<10min.) 2013.

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Musique – Espace

Inaugural concert of KLANG acousmonium.

Come and discover electroacoustic music, traveling through time from 1948 to the present day. You will be immersed in a poetic sound environment, a place where the sounds and dreams have no limits. Music will be played on the KLANG acousmonium, a new mobile sound system consisting of thirty speakers.

The concert is free and open to all so come along on Thursday the 10th of October 2013 at 9.00pm in the Hall de Paris, Place des Recollets, 82200 Moissac (France).

Programme:

Étude aux Chemins de Fer – Pierre Schaeffer (3min.) 1948.

Trois Rêves d’Oiseaux – Francois Bayle (9min.) 1963.

Mutations – Jean-Claude Risset (10min.) 1969.

Entracte

La Roue Ferris – Bernard Parmegiani (10min.) 1970.

Klang – Jonty Harrison (9min.) 1982.

Vol d’Arondes – Francis Dhomont (11min. 25s.) 2002.

Figures d’Espace – Annete Vande Gorne (13min. 49s.) 2004.

Nouvelle œuvre, à confirmer (<10min.) 2013.

As you can notice, my website is now turning into French. I am moving back under the sun to my native country soon. Although the main language will be French, an English translation will follow the French text.

I’m hopping we can all stay in touch and share and produce some great electroacoustic music.

I’ll be premiering my 8-channel work Ailleurs today at the Sound, Sight, Space and Play (SSSP) 2013 Conference at the Music Technology and Innovation Research Centre (MTIRC), De Montfort University.
Tomorrow, I’ll be presenting a paper entitled: Acousmoniums and Sound Systems, Evolution – Proposition.
I’ll also have a piece being played in the listening room.
For more info click here andhere.

Ore play slow music using two tubas and amplification, informed (but not limited) by their enthusiasm for drones, doom metal, improvisation and minimalism.

Ore describe themselves as ‘heavy, but our heaviness comes from the way our bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass sounds hang in the air and relate to their surroundings – natural echoes, natural silences.’
“…authentically unusual sounds from the deep, resonant depths of their instruments, almost pulsing at times as they generated a marvellous, foghorn-deep drone, punctuated by snatched breaths, like hissing gas or the wind’s whistle. The primordial noises were somehow more impressive for being organic in nature and all the more so when you consider that this was the duo’s first public performance.” – The Line Of Best Fit

ROADSIDE PICNIC PERFORMS THE DOBERMAN VARIATIONS

Justin wiggan (Dreams of Tall Buildings, Red Cross Stare) will begin the exploration into an on going series of works called The Doberman Variations, based on the artists unfounded fascination with dobermans, Grace Jones and abandoned theme parks using fractured and broken records, manipulated ferric cassettes, home made norwegian synths, prepared dictaphones and vocals.http://www.cottoncandyhousefire.tumblr.com/

SZILÁRD

Szilárd is the solo musical alias of emerging Brooklyn-based sound artist, Jeremy Young. His music has been reshaping constantly since he first began composing, but currently takes the form of tone&tape textures that eschew notions of musical stability and consonance. Young is interested in exploring the dialogues between sonic elements, creating interesting environments of sound and utilizing narrative and theory from literature. In performance, he uses multiple simultaneous reel-to- reel tape players, wave oscillators, contact-mics and a wash of reverberating guitar tones, though historically he has made use of elements as diverse as sand, motors, radios and a guzheng. Spokes, his debut full-length release, was created in experimentation with obscure tape-loop installations both around a room and outdoors; taking 1/4″ tape recordings in the woods and immediately playing them back to record along with the natural layering of clean outdoor ambience being woven together in a moment. In this respect, Young sees his solo work as a combination of installation and performance, documented by specific recording treatments.

Young has been awarded a project residency for January, 2013 at the SoundFjord Gallery in London.

I’ll be performing my new piece Musique Hivernale, a stereo electroclip of 4 minute on the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre this Sunday (17/02/13) at 2pm at the new Elgar Concert Hall – Bramall Music Building – University of Birmingham in Edgbaston. The programme also includes pieces by M. Clemente, C. Kontos, R. Coull, N. Lorway and M. Malavasi. More info here.

Our composers’ collective SOUNDkitchen will be presenting a live multi-channel performance in response to the theme of ‘Acoustic Architecture’. Working with field recordings, live processing and spatialisation we will explore three sonic spaces. Travelling between natural environment, man-made structures and unreal soundscape, the performance ends in an entirely abstract soundworld that plays with the spatial and acoustic properties of the Forum itself.

Exactly one year on, much loved COPPE’ returns on our stage joined by the famous DJ Vadim plus local heroes Modified Toy Orchestra and Bit-Phalanx favourite T-Toe. This evening is guaranteed to be brilliant! Starting at 8.00pm until midnight at the Hare & Hounds (King’s Heath, Birmingham, UK). Tickets are available now and if you get them before the 16th September you can grab an early bird £5 bargain (£8 on the door). Tickets are available here

Join us for a special summer supper in the al fresco setting of the Wagon & Horses courtyard (it’s covered!) on Saturday 21st July from 8pm.

For our first event at The Wagon (Adderley street in Digbeth, Birmingham) we’ll be serving up some specials from local sonic producers modulate, Mark Harris, Jack Harris and Sam Rogers and BEER. DJs Bobbalin’ Hot and Roscillator will also be on hand with some pre and post supper treats.